Popular science monthly . rshoe strapsare attached which run overrollers mounted in slots in theupright end-board of the straps are attached to theweight - strap, which runs upover a roller suspended from ascale. The other end of thestrap has a weight attached toit. Movement of the limb up ordown or longitudinally withinrestricted bounds is possible, asin doing so the suspended weightis raised or lowered withoutaltering the tension on the liml).This alleviates the discomfort,to some degree, of a trying sides of the apparatus are hingedto permit of the letting down of
Popular science monthly . rshoe strapsare attached which run overrollers mounted in slots in theupright end-board of the straps are attached to theweight - strap, which runs upover a roller suspended from ascale. The other end of thestrap has a weight attached toit. Movement of the limb up ordown or longitudinally withinrestricted bounds is possible, asin doing so the suspended weightis raised or lowered withoutaltering the tension on the liml).This alleviates the discomfort,to some degree, of a trying sides of the apparatus are hingedto permit of the letting down of eitherside in order that the limb of thepatient may be placed in it easih-, asshown in illustration. New Apparatus for SettingBroken Bones Tins apparatus for setting broken legIjones, devised by John B. Hunt,Mansfield, Ohio, makes it possible forthe patient to move the injured leg toa limited extent without danger ofdisplacing the fractured ends. Thebones are kept in correct alinement,as is customary in surgical practice,. The apparatus in use. Details of theconstruction, and a cross-scclion showinghow the sides open and close on hinges Popular Science Montlili/ 685 I Rubber-Ball Fender to ProtectUnwary PedestriansF TlilC ])laiis of a wildly iniat;inative Texan inventor go through, all motorvehicles will soon be ccjuipped with ahuge rubber ball, projecting out in its purpose?Oh, it just gentlyi)tunps the carelesspedestrian insteadof knocking or matters itthat the ball will beincjre than a yardin diameter whenpuffed out to itscapacity. Of course youthink that therublier-ball safety-guard bounces thecareless pedestrianto one side, allow-ing the automobileto proceed on itsway. You arewrong. It is in-tended to envelopthe victim in itsfolds. But that isnot all. It appliesthe brake automa-I ically when a care-less man sinks inits This is accomplished bymeans of a compressed-air will turn green with envy whenhe reads abo
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